Africa’s digital future depends on whether the continent can build the infrastructure needed to support it.

Seacom is targeting regional ISPs with a cheaper route into South Africa’s national peering infrastructure.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has escaped a looming debt maturity wall, but the new funding comes with a steep price tag.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What’s next for the tech giant? Rajat Roy, Bond University Today, Apple announced the tech company’s longtime chief executive Tim Cook will step down and transition to the role of executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors. This change will take effect from September 1 2026. John […]

Meta Platforms has started trialling a paid WhatsApp tier offering themes, premium stickers and expanded chat pinning.

Anthropic has handed a select few US banks a powerful new tool – and left other institutions looking for answers.

Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026. The transition, which was approved unanimously by the Board of Directors, follows a thoughtful, long-term succession planning process. Cook will […]

The story of a screw with 10 extra grooves reveals how Apple’s next CEO, John Ternus, thinks about leadership.

Earlier this month the AI company Anthropic said it had created a model so powerful that, out of a sense of responsibility, it was not going to release it to the public. Anthropic says the model, Mythos Preview, excels at spotting and exploiting vulnerabilities in software, and could pose a severe risk to economies, public safety and national security. But is this the whole story? Some experts...

Zoologist, author and broadcaster who found fame with his groundbreaking 1967 book The Naked Ape

Desmond Morris, the zoologist, writer and broadcaster, who has died aged 98, in the course of 60 years put his name to more than 50 books, and fronted several hundred hours of television, starting with the Granada children’s weekly programme Zoo Time from 1956. It was broadcast from a special...

Switching networks, pasting wallet addresses, and confirming multiple approvals add unnecessary friction that gradually erodes user confidence and patience.Instant crypto swaps offer a cleaner alternative, compressing tedious transactions into a single, fast process. Within modern wallets, they have evolved from handy tools into core infrastructure, reshaping how users experience digital...

As South Africa navigates ongoing energy constraints and rising electricity costs, attention is increasingly turning to a less visible but significant contributor to electricity demand – residential water heating. “Electric geysers are the largest energy loads on residential developments, accounting for up to 40% of all electricity consumption,” says Matthew Whalley, Managing Director of...

Morris pursued dual passions of zoology and surrealist art, presenting BBC documentaries and hosting exhibitions

The zoologist Desmond Morris, perhaps best known for his book the Naked Ape and his work on the ITV programme Zoo Time, has died aged 98.

Morris’s son Jason paid tribute to him after his death on Sunday, praising his many professional achievements as well as his role as a father...

Study shows signature changes more pronounced in people with genetic risk, raising hopes for new therapies

Changes to microbes that live in the gut can identify people at greater risk of Parkinson’s disease long before symptoms develop, according to work that also raises hopes for new therapies.

Researchers discovered signature changes in the gut microbiome that are more pronounced in people...

Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite

Traces of cocaine that pollute rivers and lakes may accumulate in the brains of salmon and disrupt their behaviour, according to researchers who warn of unknown consequences for fish populations.

Juvenile Atlantic salmon that were artificially exposed to the drug and its main breakdown...

Vox, a well-established retail ISP, is expanding its services to the wholesale market through aggregation.